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Made it to Esperance, bought a new radiator cap , can you believe there were none at any of the roadhouses along the way , and made camp with a bourbon to finish the day off


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Hope the cap helps


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

Sounds like a fairly smooth trip,

I guess that old Ute shouldn’t rust any more out there…….. So was the Ute high running temperature down to the dicky radiator cap?

Stephen

Hope the long trip hasn't caused some kind of internal problem & is only the cap.
A well done to all the long distance travelers .

In the Shed wrote:Sounds like a fairly smooth trip,

I guess that old Ute shouldn’t rust any more out there…….. So was the Ute high running temperature down to the dicky radiator cap?

Stephen

Will find out tomorrow when we do the last leg - Esperance to home , around 700km. Found the bottom hose was very soft and the spring had rotted away so bought a new lower hose , reverse flushed it and installed the new thermostat plus bodgied up an overflow
Bottle




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Then we went to the pub
Well , a distillery to be precise




Then to a Brewery for lunch




Now kicking back watching the speedway before heading home tomorrow and bringing our 2022 Nationals holiday to an end

But it’s only 50 weeks until we start the next one


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Had a lazy last couple of hours playing with the new page for next years not the nationals plus I worked out our fuel economy for the last week or so - 1510 miles , 259.75 litres equals 26.39 miles per gallon or 10.95 litres per 100km.


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Nobbbad!!!


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Hello

Blacky wrote: Sat Jun 18, 2022 9:28 am



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i didn't see your post on facebook asking what coolant you should run in it

another pic further down has anybody ever told you you look like Agro

Great diary mate.
I hope the trailer queens read this and discover they are missing on so much by not driving to and from the nats.


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Last day today we headed off from Esperance at 7:30 , the temp gauge was rock solid on 195 all day at highway speed and straight back to 185 when we slowed down for towns


FKN send it !!!!!


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Our only real stops were Dumbleyung where Donald Campbell set a world record on water years ago , pretty much the towns only claim to fame






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Was thirsty work , so of course we went to the pub
Looked great from the outside but I was a bit concerned it was going to collapse once we got inside





Tucker wasn’t bad though, but I think the beer might be a bit out of date ….





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Then a quick stop at Wagin - can’t take that woman anywhere- and then next stop home . 2840 odd miles done and dusted the dog was happy to see me





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